Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23
BASEBALL,
Tie Race Between the Leapn. !.
Becoming Closer and Mon
Interesting.
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Seven weeks of the League cb,ns J.
ship season have passed, and T..
poets for a close, stubborn finish :,
seemed so dim and unsatisfacto, h,
weeks ago have been improved to-,
tent that has aroused an increased iss'
among lovers of the national
throughout the country. In the A.
ton race, tho walk-over which 81 IS
will enjoy is 80 apparent tha. ali ~,
rs to the result of the race has den,s
and whatever doubt remains is thu s..,;s.
second place between Brooklyp. a..
natl, Louisville, and the Athletics. AM
of which teams stands a fair Chan.
capturing it.
Chicago is now good fifth in theIe,.
race, and pushing Philadelphia closs,s
the fourth place. Baldwin coutinrss
show improvement in his pitchp,
with any kind of support is certain y, S
majority of the games in which bs n
Clarkson is in fine trim, too, but h Il
had the misfortune the past week ofls,s
two l-pitcbed games in the ninth is,,s
by lucky scratch hitting of opposing n
men; and costly errors by the mn
Flynn is still laid up with the split ha5
received in the second PHILADELPHIA M
The day before the plucky little nd,
left for Philadelphia he told a friends!
he would pitch ball or ask for his rel.s.
lIc was tired Of doing nothing, be b &
and now that he was in good condition
wonld demand that he be given an oprss
tunity to relieve Clarkson and Bald.
When he reached Philadelphia Anson )
the youngster into tho field, and the |,
ball that fell outside the diamond spGtc
of his hands, compelling him to leave
field. S
WHAT THE MEN ARE DOING.
The work of the Chicago team dun
the past two or three weeks has imppn
SO wonderfully that all of the how'll
against the management which filled
baseball columns of the Chicago paps
during the first month of the race has hi
ceased, and the Same old enthusiasm q
marked the work of the old White Stoctr
team of 1855, sc, and 'S7 is prevalentt
every hand. Burns, Williamson, q
Pfeffer are playing their average game, Il.
though the latter has not been doing mus
with the stick of late. Anson, on the OIL
hand, has helped his rather weak bsta
record the past week, but his erroni
Thursday and Friday have played hobva
his fielding average. The work of Dts
and Flint continues to win admirate
The little man from Jersey seems to ln
no trouble in handling Baldwin's tent
delivery, and his throwing to bases is rg
clever. Flint's wonderful improvement {
n batter adds immensely to his value TO u
club. 1t appears rather strange that Al,
son does not give that tremendous bate
Dell Darling, little more work TO 4:
Darling is fine catcher, equally as gooit
bnse- runper and fielder, and whenever D
plays with the team makes his work cour'
both in his position and at the bat
THE LEADERS.
The fight between Detroit's heavy hl
ters and Mike Kellys Boston team is b.
and bitter Just at present. Boston seen
to be playing the better ball, but the seris
between the two mines in Detroit durr,
the fist week of July is certain to be Of q.
cut-throat order. Burdock is still unsh
to play, and Kelly, who is attempting
cover the bag SO ably guarded by the oil
second baseman, is making show of hin
self. His errors are SO numerous an
costly that were it not for the splend
playing of the rest of the nine the beaI
eaters would not be roosting quite s
high as they are at the present tns
A feature of the Detroit games during d
season thus far lies in Weidemans ere.
work in the box, he having lost but OF
game since the race opened. Lad!
Baldwin has gone amiss in his work, Az
it will certainly be good thing for D.
treit when Twitchell RECEIVERS the use 3
his arm. The temporary retirement 3
White has caused good deal of coz
ment unfavorable to the Detroit nn
agement, for it is claimed h
his work with the bat has nos
than offset his errors in the tAa.
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON.
Last year it was the Philadelphia ClS
which played hob with New York g chans.
for the pennant, and this year it is Wash
ington that has succeeded in throwing
damper over the spirits of the Gothamite
1t has been nip and tuck between the Wasl
ington and New York clubs ever since d
season opened, and hurried glance or
the scores shows that the statesmen hs
had o "shade the best of it, Of all
pl-yers who left the Chicago team Go
is the only one who has held his own as
batsman, fielder and base-runner. He
doing good work for the SOCIAL
"Giants," and his averages at
end of the season promise to be very big
Big Roger Connor, like Anson, has beg
to find the ball, he having made two thre
base hits in fridays game with Was
ington. Keefe has distanced Welch
pitcher unde the new rules, and is wi
Mig large share of the games. Geor
is SO erratic and uncertain that it is dort
full if he will appear in the box many me
times this year. AS for the statesmen, th
are playing uncertain ball. While it is .
likely that they will creep above sixth pla'
they are certain to win just enough gam
to make themselves dangerous. Whine
who has pitched SO effectively against I
New Workers, was pounded rather heav
in Fridays game. The Washingtons hs
a promising twirler in young Gilman, a
Shaw may be counted to worry the best
them.
Pittsburg is playing strong game fol
nine SO far down in the column. The cl
is dropping behind in its batting, and Il
fact, no doubt, explains its present posiit
Barkley is still too i'll to play. and Carro
the big hitter of the team, is seldom So
on the field, The loss of two such IN
has counted against the club. Dalryml
is still unable to find the ball. 1t is ratf
sad to see the e1-leader of National Leag
batsmen and the present king of left fsl
ers almost helpless with the club. Ths
was time when this great player madet
opposing fielders scatter like quail when
hit the ball in the nose. But Dslryml
has lost his grip, and no one appreca
this fact more keenly than the left field
himself.
HOW THEY STAND.
The following tables will show the vo
of the National League and Associate
teams Up to Monday, June 13:
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